
Mayerling
1968

3 votes
The story of a romance between the daughter of the Prince Regent and Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg.
Director
Alberto CavalcantiWriters
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
N/A
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Cecil Parker steals each scene in this flamboyant British Regency romance. He is the Prince Regent, elder son of King George III, whose daughter Princess Charlotte (Jean Hopkins) is enamoured of Prince Leopold (Jean-Pierre Aumont). Cavlacanti manages to keep the whole thing moving along in a jolly sort of fashion, with some jolly, period-style, scoring and some nice character parts from the likes of Margaretta Scott and the always reliable Hugh Griffith (this time as a Bishop!). A factual depiction? Well apart from the fact that the young couple really did exist, I can't say, but that doesn't…
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